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7 November 2024

Here's how it works: The Recent Releases chart brings together critical reaction to new albums from more than 50 sources worldwide. It's updated daily. Albums qualify with 5 reviews, and drop out after 6 weeks into the longer timespan charts.

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Tyler, The CreatorChromakopia

"‘It has depth, it has worldbuilding, but just as importantly, it has some absolute bangers, too" (10/10 - Dork). "it's as free as he's ever sounded" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit)

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Mount EerieNight Palace

"A record of such substance that it takes a few listens to really make sense he’s produced one of his best yet" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "He’s produced one of his best yet" (8/10 - Far Out)

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Laura MarlingPatterns in Repeat Signed

"Both stunningly intimate and endearingly raw" (10/10 - DIY). "A homey, quiet record. It’s one of the best of her career" (8.3/10 - Pitchfork). "Simple, graceful, moving, tender" (9/10 - Uncut)

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Christopher OwensI Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair

"Potentially one of the year’s best records" (10/10 - DIY). "A must-listen for anyone who’s ever been in the type of love that doesn’t always get a light shone on it" (9/10 - Northern Transmissions)

Ezra CollectiveDance, No One's Watching

"This is truly a fresh musical experience, rather than being just another jazz record" (9/10 - Far Out). "A joyful reminder of music’s ability to bring people together, to move us, and to make us dance" (8/10 - Clash)

Jamie xxIn Waves

"Blistering return from dance’s master craftsman" (10/10 - The irish Times). "Jamie xx has delivered a masterpiece that will linger long after the last beat fades" (9/10 - Clash)

Floating PointsCascade

"Cherish it while you can, before he sets off on a completely different tangent once more" (8/10 - Far Out). "Easily the most successful work he's made as a dance producer" (8/10 - All Music)

MJ LendermanManning Fireworks

"A collection of caricatures ballooned by empathy, bruised egos, and lovable self-destruction" (9.2/10 - Paste). "It's the release he's been waiting for since the first utterances of the album" (9/10 - Exclaim)

Nick Cave And The Bad SeedsWild God

"The dark intensities are leavened by something peculiar in Cave’s oeuvre: joy" (8/10 - The Arts Desk). "The joy after the storm" (8/10 - The Irish Times)

Gillian Welch & David RawlingsWoodland

"The intuitive bond between the two musicians remains at the forefront of their terrific new album, full of quiet adventures and clear empathy" (8/10 - Pitchfork)

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The ADM rating is a weighted average from our survey of more than 50 sources , taking into account the number of reviews

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6.7

Diarrhea Planet

I'm Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dreams

Second album from the Nashville pop punk outfit

Added: 20/08/2013
6.7

Dent May

Across the Multiverse

Fourth album from the LA-based psych-pop singer songwriter

Added: 18/08/2017
6.7

Dengue Fever

Cannibal Courtship

Fifth album of Cambodian-influenced rock from the LA six-piece

Added: 19/05/2011
6.7

Denai Moore

Elsewhere

Debut album from Jamaican born, East London singer-songwriter with elements of folk, indie and R&B produced by Rodaidh McDonald (The xx, Savages, How To Dress Well) and Plan B

Added: 07/04/2015
6.7

Deap Vally

Femejism

Second album from LA rock duo Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards, produced by The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner

Added: 13/09/2016
6.7

Danny And The Champions Of The World

Streets Of Our Time

An album of Americana from the former Grand Drive singer and guitarist Danny George Wilson in his new guise

Added: 15/01/2010
6.7

Danielson

Best of Gloucester County

Eight album of Christian indie pop fronted by Daniel Smith and including Sufjan Stevens

Added: 22/02/2011
6.7

Dag For Dag

Boo

Debut album of minimal alt.rock and gothic folk from Swedish brother and sister duo Sarah and Jacob Snavely

Added: 26/02/2010
6.7

Cults

Host

Fifth studio album from New York indie pop duo Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin

Added: 18/09/2020
6.7

Crocodiles

Endless Flowers

Third album from the San Diego noise pop duo

Added: 04/06/2012
6.7

Common

Let Love

Twelfth studio album from the Grammy-winning hip hop artist and actor

Added: 30/08/2019
6.7

Cold Pumas

Persistent Malaise

Deput full-length from the Brighton indie / punk three piece known to deploy harmonised guitar riffs and complex rhythmical structures

Added: 07/12/2012
6.7

Cold Cave

Love Comes Close

Synthpop with industrial overtones on the full length debut from the band led by Philadelphia's Wesley Eisold

Added: 31/10/2009
6.7

Cloud Control

Dream Cave

Second album from Australian indie rock quartet now based in London

Added: 16/09/2013
6.7

Chrystabell & David Lynch

Cellophane Memories

Thir collaboration between the Texan singer Chrysta Bell Zucht and the Twin Peaks creator

Added: 02/08/2024
6.7

Chilly Gonzales

Solo Piano II

Second volume of piano pieces from the versatile Canadian producer, MC and electro artist Jason Beck

Added: 23/08/2012
6.7

Chad VanGaalen

Shrink Dust

Fifth album of spacey indie from the Canadian musician and artist who does all of his own outré videos and artwork

Added: 28/04/2014
6.7

Cate Le Bon

Me Oh My

Folk, electro, country and psychedelia on the debut album from Gruff Rhys' right hand lady in mercury-nominated Neon Neon

Added: 16/10/2009
6.7

Caroline Says

There's No Fool Like An Old Fool

Second album from singer-songwriter Caroline Sallee self-recorded in her Austin, Texas apartment

Added: 21/03/2018
6.7

Califone

All My Friends Are Funeral Singers

Latest slice of experimental post-rock from the Chicago outfit

Added: 28/10/2009
6.7

Cage The Elephant

Tell Me I'm Pretty

Fourth album from the Kentucky indie rock five-piece produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys

Added: 16/12/2015
6.7

Bryce Hackford

Fair

Debut of ethereal techno featuring a few tracks over 20 minutes in length

Added: 01/01/2014
6.7

Blue Hawaii

Untogether

First official electronica / dream pop full-length release from the Montreal duo, recorded separately over the course of two years

Added: 13/02/2013
6.7

Black Lips

Underneath The Rainbow

Seventh studio album from the Atlanta, Georgia garage rock quartet

Added: 12/03/2014
6.7

Black Francis

Nonstoperotik

Mr Frank Black, reverting to his Pixies name, with a solo album of assorted rock stylings

Added: 29/03/2010
6.7

Bibio

Ambivalence Avenue

Intelligent dance music from Wolverhampton-based producer Stephen Wilkinson

Added: 01/08/2009
6.7

Benjamin Clementine

And I Have Been

Third album from London-born poet and singer-songwriter was self-produced

Added: 01/11/2022
6.7

Beat Connection

Surf Noir

Debut mini-album release from the Seattle outfit, blending house, indie pop and electro-pop

Added: 13/04/2011
6.7

Barn Owl

V

Seventh studio album of minimal / psychedelic post-rock instrumentals from San Franciscan duo Evan Caminiti and Jon Porras

Added: 17/04/2013
6.7

Axxa / Abraxas

Axxa / Abraxas

60s-rooted psychedelic pop, folk and garage rock on the debut from 23-year-old Atlanta singer-songwriter Ben Asbury

Added: 10/03/2014

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